StorCLI: Commands to Replace Hard Drives and Check Status

Common Commands

Check Hard Drive Status

storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show all

Check Status of a Specific Hard Drive

/opt/MegaRAID/storcli/storcli64 /c0/e22/s8 show all

Turn On Locator Light

storcli64 /c0/e252/s2 start locate

Turn Off Locator Light

storcli64 /c0/e252/s2 stop locate

Set Hard Drive to Unconfig Good

storcli64 /c0/e252/s2 set good force

Set Hard Drive as Hot Spare

storcli64 /c0/e65/s5 add hotsparedrive

Replacement Steps for Predictive Failure Hard Drives

1. Use commands to confirm that the disk's Predictive Failure Count value is 11 or higher.

storcli /c0/e62/s29 show

2. After confirming the hard drive, use the following two commands to set the hard drive to Offline and Lost.

storcli /c0/e62/s29 set offline
storcli /c0/e62/s29 set missing

3. Turn on the hard drive locator light.

storcli /c0/e62/s29 start locate

4. Wait for physical replacement of the hard drive.

5. After replacing the hard drive, turn off the hard drive locator light.

storcli /c0/e62/s29 stop locate

6. Check the new hard drive status.

storcli /c0/e62/s29 show

7. If the hard drive is not in Ugood status, use the command below to set the hard drive to Unconfig Good status.

storcli /c0/e62/s29 set good force

8. Set the hard drive as a hot spare.

storcli /c0/e62/s29 add hotsparedrive

Offline Hard Drive Steps Reference

1. Wait for rebuild to complete.

2. Check rebuild status, VD (Raid Group status), and hard drive Media Error count.

storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show rebuild
storcli64 /c0/vall show all
storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show all

3. Use the following two commands to set the first hard drive (the one with more errors, e252/s2) to Offline.

storcli64 /c0/e252/s2 set offline

4. Turn on the hard drive locator light.

storcli64 /c0/e252/s2 start locate

5. Wait for the engineer to physically replace the first hard drive; only proceed with the steps below after receiving confirmation of replacement.

6. Turn off the hard drive locator light.

storcli64 /c0/e252/s2 stop locate

7. Check the new hard drive status and rebuild status.

storcli64 /c0/e252/s2 show
storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show rebuild

8. If the new hard drive has not automatically rebuilt, set the new hard drive to Ugood. (If rebuild has already started, ignore this step.)

storcli64 /c0/e252/s2 set good force
storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show rebuild

9. If the new hard drive still has not rebuilt, set the hard drive as a hot spare. (If rebuild has already started, ignore this step.)

storcli64 /c0/e252/s2 add hotsparedrive
storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show rebuild

10. Wait for rebuild to complete, then confirm that rebuild is complete, VD (raid group) status is normal, and the new hard drive has no Media Errors.

storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show rebuild
storcli64 /c0/vall show all
storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show all

11. After confirming the previous step, use the following two commands to set the second hard drive (e23/s0) to Offline.

storcli64 /c0/e23/s0 set offline

12. Turn on the hard drive locator light.

storcli64 /c0/e23/s0 start locate

13. Wait for the engineer to physically replace the second hard drive; only proceed with the steps below after receiving confirmation of replacement.

14. Turn off the hard drive locator light.

storcli64 /c0/e23/s0 start locate

15. Check the new hard drive status and rebuild status.

storcli64 /c0/e23/s0 show
storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show rebuild

16. If the new hard drive has not automatically rebuilt, set the new hard drive to Ugood. (If rebuild has already started, ignore this step.)

storcli64 /c0/e23/s0 set good force
storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show rebuild

17. If the new hard drive still has not rebuilt, set the hard drive as a hot spare. (If rebuild has already started, ignore this step.)

storcli64 /c0/e23/s0 add hotsparedrive
storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show rebuild

18. Wait for rebuild to complete, then confirm rebuild status, VD (raid group) status is normal, and the new hard drive has no Media Errors.

storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show rebuild
storcli64 /c0/vall show all
storcli64 /c0/eall/sall show all